Alcohol, Heroin, It's all water under the bridge Left to your own devices I know you're going to sink like a ship Property, property, property is condemned You tell a lie for long enough And you believe it yourself Now there's spittle running down your chin A dozen murders under your belt Property, property, property […]

I thought this was a good place to start Looking out on my treeless plain The good Lord has our best interests at heart, He's making an effort and starting again I just wanted a plaything The only good one's a dead ringer for the real thing I just wanted a plaything, the right way […]

Let's not talk about love That's something you feel for a dog or a cat And you can tell him all your troubles And that puppy dog won't answer back You may shut your shutters, You may draw your blinds and run But you'll never find, no you'll never find your place in the sun, […]

A red scarf that she wore, a rinse in her hair, A blister, an undersized shoe, Her name on a tag that can't be washed off, A place at a table for two. I think she wore red, I believe she wore black, Any colour you can mention except blue -- Any number of colours […]

Too late to call, I walk the floor Reheat the food I didn't touch the night before The TV's on, but not for long I'm not the good old boy you knew no, you got a different one Pack up your troubles and give them all to me That way you could lose them, I […]

Now that you've gone away So tired and full of pain Do you remember the times? Does it ever cross your mind? How you had no key But how the door was always open for you Yes I left the door open for you So you can walk through & through & through And it […]

(Only one life, take 73) Take care! Keep clean ! Don't tell lies about the places you've been You've only got one life and it's shrinking everyday Only one life! Only one life! People have put a lot of faith in you Don't disappoint them now my friend It's the least you can do Watch […]

She sank without a trace in a little one mechanic town All the old folks shrugged their shoulders when I asked around She was the spooky type who never made a sound But who was always there when you turned around She was always there when you turned around Braided chestnut hair, skinny white legs […]

Old ghostrider, old ghostrider Even people in love get hit by bullets, old ghostrider (don't shoot) Footsteps/on a spiral stairwell When I'm trying to say, "Some other time Jack, I just don't feel well" The air is so thick you could cut and fry it The noose is so tight you can't untie it/Here he […]

At the opening of the plaza Ladies cut cherry cake The minister cut the ribbon That ran around the lake The big black cars in single file Hurried across the lawn And the rain clouds in the eastern sky Gathered into a storm Officials with tarpaulins ran From the foyer to the hall Avoiding each […]